Category: execution date

February Execution Date Set for Missouri Man Who Killed 4

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.—The Missouri Supreme Court on Tuesday set a February execution date for a suburban St. Louis man who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her three young children nearly 18 years ago. Leonard Taylor, 58, is scheduled to be executed on Feb. 7 at the state prison in Bonne Terre. He was…


Execution Dates Scheduled for 6 Oklahoma Death Row Inmates

OKLAHOMA CITY—The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday set execution dates for six death row inmates, just hours before an attorney filed a motion for a rehearing in one case. Execution dates for James Coddington, Richard Glossip, Benjamin Cole, Richard Fairchild, John Hanson, and Scott Eizember were scheduled, starting Aug. 25 with Coddington and…